What are three ways to reduce the harm to forests and people from forest fires?
Emphasizing the economic value of their ecological services,removing government subsidies that hasten their destruction, protecting old-growth forests, harvesting trees no faster than they are replenished, and planting trees.
How can consumers help reduce demand for harvested trees?
We can reduce the demand for harvested trees. Reduce inefficient use of construction materials, excess packaging, overuse of junk mail, inadequate paper recycling, and failure to reuse or find substitutes for wooden shipping containers. Paper can be made from fiber that does not come from trees.
What are some ways to reduce the harmful impacts of diseases and insects on forests?
There are several ways to reduce the harmful impacts of tree diseases and insect pests on forests. One is to ban imported timber that might introduce harmful new diseases or insects; another is to remove or clear-cut infected and infested trees.
What diseases can trees get?
The following list are some tree ailments that you may encounter, but infestations and disease will vary from location to location.
- Anthracnose. Anthracnose is one of the leading plant diseases in trees and shrubs.
- Apple Scab.
- Cedar Rusts.
- Diplodia Tip Blight.
- Dothistroma Needle Blight.
- Lethal Yellow.
- Oak Wilt.
- Powdery Mildew.
How serious is tropical deforestation?
Although deforestation meets some human needs, it also has profound, sometimes devastating, consequences, including social conflict, extinction of plants and animals, and climate change—challenges that aren’t just local, but global.
What are people clearing the land to make room for?
Deforestation is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest. This can include clearing the land for agriculture or grazing, or using the timber for fuel, construction or manufacturing.